īansky Gonzalez of Consequence gave a positive review, stating 'It's a welcome addition to a genre that has become so occupied with spacey, bare-bones operations and overly simplistic results'. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on eight reviews. Testing was met with generally positive reviews.

Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores The album's second single, ' Praise the Lord (Da Shine)' featuring Skepta, was released to rhythmic and urban contemporary radio on June 26, 2018. The album version of the single includes guest appearances from Kid Cudi and T.I.

The song peaked at number 65 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album's lead single, ' ASAP Forever' featuring Moby, was released on April 5, 2018. The song, 'Bad Company' featuring BlocBoy JB, was released as a promotional single on March 28, 2018. In January 2018, a series of non-album songs were released by ASAP Rocky onto SoundCloud, including '5ive Stars', 'Above' and 'Money Bags Freestyle'. The cover of Testing features a photo by Houston-based creative director Cary Fagan, in which 10 shadowy figures surround a bold typeface logo. The album artwork was unveiled on May 21, 2018, while the tracklist was announced three days later.

I prefer to experiment and have my crowd grow with me and to reach new crowds. People cater more to that because it's a bigger demographic behind that, or it's a guaranteed demographic behind that. People are scared to test new sounds, so they go with what's current 'cause it's the easy thing to do. In an interview with GQ, Rocky stated: 'My new album is really about testing new sounds. In January 2018, the album's title was cryptically left under SoundCloud song descriptions, until being officially confirmed in May 2018. 2: Too Cozy as part of the rap collective ASAP Mob. The previous month, ASAP Rocky released Cozy Tapes Vol. In September 2017, ASAP Rocky announced the release of a new album, originally scheduled for a late 2017 release.

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